A former midwife has had her sanction eased by the Eastern High Court, now facing a two-year ban from assisting in home births, effective immediately. This decision modifies the previous ruling by the Court in Lyngby in December 2023, which had imposed an indefinite ban.

The 46-year-old midwife’s lawyer, Asser Gregersen, stated that she maintains her innocence and hopes to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, though this requires permission from the Appeals Permission Board. The High Court upheld the district court’s decision to fine her 20,000 kroner.

The case centers around the midwife’s involvement in a complicated home birth in Birkerød in 2019. She was charged with participating in the birth without informing the maternity ward and failing to contact them when green amniotic fluid was detected.

During the three High Court sessions, the defense emphasized the European Convention on Human Rights, arguing that the rights of those giving birth are crucial to the case. The written judgment from the High Court is pending release.

In a recent interview, the defendant, Io Hultén, asserted that the parents involved in the Birkerød birth were fully informed and consented to the risks, given the woman’s prior caesarean section. She noted that after the detection of green amniotic fluid, the couple went to the hospital, and a healthy child was born. Hultén was later anonymously reported to the Danish Patient Safety Authority. She had previously operated a business assisting with home births as both a midwife and a “doula.”